Our panel will include Rich Koppes, Of Counsel to Jones Day, and Director of Apria Healthcare and Valeant Pharmaceutical; Roger Valine, retiring CEO of Vision Service Plan; panelist and moderator Beverly Behan, a Partner in the Corporate Governance Practice of Mercer Delta Consulting, LLC. Ms. Behan recently conducted research for a NACD white paper on the topic of CEO succession.

Founded in 1977, the National Association of Corporate Directors (www.nacdonline.org) is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to serving the corporate governance needs of corporate boards and individual board members. NACD’s 15,500 members represent companies ranging from Fortune 100 public companies to small, over-the-counter, closely held, private, and non-profit organizations.

A light breakfast will be served at 7:30 AM, with the talk beginning at 7:45 AM.

We are in the process of migrating to a new electronic registration system and consequently ask you to register for this event by mail. Please send a check to: NACD, c/o Wilcox Miller & Nelson, 100 Howe Avenue, Suite 155 North, Sacramento, CA 95825, along with the business card of the registrant. The cost of the event is $20 for members; $30 for non-members. You may also bring a check to the event if you have called in your registration to 916-977-3700. Please register by May 8, as seating is limited.

Thanks for passing along, Ray Nelson.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Execuitve